i do not self harm, but i pick relentlessly at anything
While that might not be the same thing i do not know where else to post this. I am in no way trying to compare or discount what you, the reader of this may be going through, I am just looking for help and understanding. I pick at every cut, scratch, pimple, anything. I cannot help myself. And today I have something new to pick at that I do not want too!! I had oral surgery, a tooth extracted and I want to pick at it sooo bad, I had complications already wound up back at urgent care got a shot in the arse and stronger antibiotics, but I can see the stitches, i think i can see something else, i just want to pick at it. I know I really should not at all, that I would most likely make it worse... and maybe just maybe writing this post will help. But will it help at the hour that the desire to pick and prod and poke is overwhelming?? It kinda hurts right now, maybe something is in there, that if i could just see, and remove it would feel better. I have many scars from previous picking, and i tend to scar very easily anyway...
Does anyone have any suggestions for distraction for when the desire, or urge is at its peak? thank you for taking the time to read this